beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
advance payment; money paid in advance
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
proposal; proposition; suggestion
thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.); stiflingly (hot air); suffocatingly; pungently
moisture; humidity; dampness
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
old body; aged person; elderly person
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
question; inquiry; enquiry
the late emperor; preceding emperor
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to go with the flow; to go with the times
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
monad; monad (in category theory); monad (in functional programming)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
(religious) faith; belief; creed
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships